Class conflict movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant class conflict movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, realistic, emotional, serious, melancholic and tense films and TV shows about / with class conflict, betrayal, society, class differences, revenge, family relations, death, social differences, mentor and father daughter relationship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as class conflict: Snowpiercer (2013), Doctor Zhivago (1965), High-Rise (2015), Elysium (2013), Cross of Iron (1977), Private Peaceful (2012), Tom Jones (1963), The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969), Inventing the Abbotts (1997), The Quiet Maid (2023).
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New films
| Stray Kids (2026) | 8.4 | |
| Ms. Incognito (2025) | 7.5 | |
| The Housemaid (2025) | 6.9 | |
| Revenged Love (2025) | 8.5 | |
| Lynley (2025) | 7.1 |
List of class conflict movies
418K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 197 min.
Story:
Doctor Zhivago is the filmed adapation of the Russian novel by Boris Pasternak from director David Lean that was an international success and today deemed a classic. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie play two protagonists who in fact love each other ...
Style:
costume drama, epic, period piece, breathtaking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war one, revolution, war, communism, love story, train, forbidden love, rape, poet, deportation, love triangle, wartime ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, 1920s, 1940s, ancient times ...
Place:
russia, soviet union, moscow russia, ussr
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47K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distopia, decadence, money, violence, tower, dark humor, existentialism, violent, surrealism, male nudity, rape, orgy ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016 ...
Place:
london, england, ireland
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489K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
futuristic, breathtaking, cyber, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, space station, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, politics, robot, dark future, ecological disaster, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
It is 1943, and the German army, ravaged and demoralised, are hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of all this madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous ...
Style:
freeze frame, political, cult classic, brutal, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
world war two, german soldier, eastern front, military, soldier, war, battlefield, german army, anti war, wehrmacht, nazi, blood ...
Time:
1940s, year 1943, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
bolivia, germany, siberia, france, russia ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Set in the fields of Devon and the WW1 battlefields of Flanders, two brothers fall for the same girl while contending with the pressures of their feudal family life, the war, and the price of courage and cowardice.
Style:
serious, touching, emotional, realistic, crying ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
world war one, love triangle, soldier, war, military, landowner, grief, flashback, unplanned pregnancy, injustice, poverty, battlefield ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, year 2012
Place:
england, belgium, europe
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15K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, History, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Tom loves Sophie and Sophie loves Tom. But Tom and Sophie are of differering classes. Can they find a way through the mayhem to be true to love?
Style:
costume drama, witty, depressing, picaresque, historical drama ...
Plot:
arranged marriage, rags to riches, true love, womanizer, class conflict, illegitimate son, literary, farce, squire, tutor, food, kitchen sink realism ...
Time:
18th century, year 1963, 1930s, 60s
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
An eccentric Parisian woman's optimistic perception of life begins to sound more rational than the rather traditional beliefs of others.
Style:
retro, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
class conflict, countess, corporate greed, redheaded woman, lost love, prospector, iconoclastic, satire, conspiracy, stock broker, abuse of power, society ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, year 1919
Place:
paris france, france, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the 1950s, brothers Jacey and Doug Holt, who come from the poorer side of their sleepy Midwestern town, vie for the affections of the wealthy, lovely Abbott sisters. Lady-killer Jacey alternates between Eleanor and Alice, wanting simply to break ...
Style:
sweet, erotic, sincere, period piece, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, obsession, dysfunctional marriage, love, teenage girl, sex scene, adultery, small town, working class, rich and poor, restaurant, library ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1997, 60s, 20th century
Place:
illinois, usa, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Ana has just arrived from Colombia and is the maid of a luxurious mansion on the Costa Brava, where a family of wealthy art dealers spends their summers. The young woman works tirelessly and without a contract, under the promise of decent conditions ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, maid, immigrant, class conflict, privilege, exploitation, obedience, wealthy family, self discovery, slow burn, emancipation ...
Place:
spain, colombia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Russia, France, Armenia
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When a factory is bound to close, a group of workers decides to take action against the owner.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, art house, psychological
Plot:
problem solving, hostage, social injustice, social problems, class conflict, uncover truth, conflict, injustice, eccentricity, acquittal, capitalism, workplace problem ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Fox, a former circus performer, wins the lottery of DM 500,000 and can now have the life and things that he has always wanted. While he wants to climb up the social ladder, it isn't without turmoil, and being torn between his old working class ...
Style:
disturbing, sexual, serious, art house, bleak ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
gay, gay interest, infidelity, politics, subculture, working class, friends, money, betrayal, friendship, life is a bitch, rise to the top ...
Time:
year 1975, 70s, 20th century
Place:
munich germany, africa, germany, morocco, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Finland
Duration: 193 min.
Story:
Perustuu Väinö Linnan samannimiseen romaanitrilogiaan, joka on yksi suomalaisen kirjallisuuden tärkeimmistä teoksista.
Style:
family saga, epic, captivating, serious
Plot:
revolution, trial, rebel, class differences, working class, socialism, class conflict, war crime, family history, socialist, brother brother relationship, revenge ...
Time:
turn of the century, 1910s, 1890s, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
.Ana (Judy Marte) is a young woman trying to reimagine her life after her mother’s death during the course of one California spring. Filled with resentment over her father’s mistakes, Ana feels disconnected from herself and everyone around her. ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family relations, dysfunctional family, moral dilemma, under the surface, family problems, obsession, love and romance, parents and children, half sister, class conflict, male female relationship, dying mother ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, latin america, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: UK, France
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria (Omar Sharif) clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria (James Mason), over implementing progressive policies for their country. Ava Gardner plays his mother Empress Elisabeth. Rudolf soon feels he is ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, emotional ...
Plot:
forbidden love, royal family, tragic love, politics, revolution, royalty, hopes, state affairs, fall in love, society, rebelliousness, illicit love ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
england, austria, italy, venice, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will ...
Style:
romantic, costume drama, sweet, sexy, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, family friendly ...
Plot:
prejudice, love, fall in love, happy ending, women, strong female character, love and romance, opposites attract, aristocracy, initially antagonists, wooing, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century, victorian era, 1790s, georgian era ...
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, london ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Peru, Spain
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An ambitious black comedy that tells three loosely related stories: a couple of elderly landowners, laid low by economic conditions and reformist politics, are trying to gather enough money to build themselves a marble tomb that would keep their ...
Style:
black comedy, tragicomedy, satirical, art house, absurd ...
Plot:
poverty, dark humor, class conflict, blindness, mortality, moral ambiguity, social satire, exploitation, satire, political satire, mourning, suicide attempt ...
Time:
80s
Place:
peru
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Story:
Film about the upper class in India.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, period piece
Plot:
family drama, class conflict, scandal, forbidden love, family honor, prostitution, moral dilemma, betrayal, character study, rebellion, sex work, addiction ...
Time:
70s
Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This is the story of two completely opposite households: the Pavone are intellectual and bourgeois, the Vismara are proletarian and fascists. They are two tribes sharing the same jungle: Rome. A trivial accident brings these two poles together. The ...
Style:
tense, humorous, captivating, political thriller, bleak ...
Plot:
class conflict, society, social relations, rich and poor, social problems, family problems, showdown, changing lives, relationships, multiple storylines, lifestyle change, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
rome italy
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Kuttan, an annoyingly disciplined and a bigoted upper-caste retired police officer, is living with his son Kichu. After Bharati, Kuttan’s younger sister, falls in love with lower caste Kuttappan and elopes with him against her family’s wish, the ...
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, dark, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
father son relationship, family relations, father, class conflict, family drama, paranoia, bigotry, family problems, problem, relationships, life is a bitch, father and son ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: United Arab Emirates, Egypt
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Hiyam, a young factory worker, lives in a lower-middle-class neighbourhood, along with her co-workers. She is clearly under the spell of Salah, the factory's new supervisor. Believing that love can transcend their class differences, Hiyam ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological
Plot:
female protagonist, unwanted pregnancy, class conflict, social realism, gender roles, patriarchy, factory, working class, social injustice, unwed pregnancy, coworker, pregnancy ...
Time:
2010s
Is relevant?
10K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A heartbreaking tale of a poor yet honest young man as lies, conspiracies and a horrible betrayal by his rich and influential employer leads his life towards uncertainty.
Style:
poignant, heartbreaking, emotional, tragic ending, melancholic ...
Plot:
love story, village life, class conflict, social injustice, betrayal, class struggle, moral dilemma, social realism, feudalism, island, wrongful imprisonment, poverty ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
'L'Alqueria Blanca’ ('The White Village') proposes a journey through time, up to the 1960s, which reflects the life of an inland village, in the Alcoià county. The atmosphere is eminently rural and is marked by the great ...
Style:
family saga, captivating, psychological, emotional, period drama
Plot:
jealousy, class conflict, class differences, conflict, love affair, lifestyle, social differences, social relations, village, society, social change, envy ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mehdi had planned to spend a quiet summer in his in-laws' sumptuous home. But as soon as he arrives, a conflict breaks out between his girfriend's family and the villa's janitor couple. As Mehdi comes from a modest background, he ...
Style:
tense, comedy drama, crying
Plot:
social commentary, class conflict, economic inequality, villa, satire, power struggle, in laws, escalation, social status, privilege, awkwardness, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
south of france
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
1975. An American filmmaker arrives in Argentina to film the story of the first revolt of laborers against landowners. Hoping to document history, instead, he finds himself becoming part of it as he’s swept into the revolt and soon finds himself ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
danger, class conflict, violence, revolt, social injustice, job, peril, landowner, worker, risk, insurgent, filmmaking ...
Time:
70s
Place:
argentina
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Greece
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Three Sisters trying to avoid stop a man from raping their younger sister they kill him on a wedding night
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sisters, three sisters, landowner, land dispute, inheritance, sister sister relationship, family problems, family drama, village life, class conflict, financial problem, family relations ...
Time:
1950s, 60s, year 1958, year 1965, 50s
Place:
greece
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
When a financial titan suddenly finds himself divorced and jobless, he starts robbing his wealthy neighbors to stay afloat. Stealing from his own social circle strangely exhilarates him—but he gradually gets tangled in a deadly web.
Style:
tension, dark, crime drama, dark comedy, noir ...
Plot:
cheating wife, high society, class conflict, moral ambiguity, desperation, downfall, mature, escalation, social satire, greed, heist, home invasion ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: India, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Four lives intersect along the Ganges: a low caste boy in hopeless love, a daughter ridden with guilt of a sexual encounter ending in a tragedy, a hapless father with fading morality, and a spirited child yearning for a family, long to escape the ...
Style:
offbeat, captivating, psychological, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
caste system, religious differences, guilt, father daughter relationship, social differences, class differences, class conflict, couple relations, relationships, social problems, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2015, y2k
Place:
india
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo (Fumi Nikaido) is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo ...
Style:
humorous, disturbing, captivating, shoujo
Plot:
discrimination, student, japanese school, class conflict, classism, class differences, revolution, revolutionary, civil rights, social activist, high society, society ...
Place:
tokyo, japan
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, France
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the near future, a popular uprising in Mexico City interrupts a wedding held at the home of a wealthy family. After the riots have been quashed, they discover the bride has gone missing and plea with the military to help locate her.
Style:
tense, captivating, social, mindfuck, surreal ...
Plot:
revolution, sexual assault, male nudity, female nudity, class differences, working class, social relations, class conflict, social problems, class struggle, troubled marriage, high society ...
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